Nozzle for hose-pipes



UNITED fSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS GOULD, OF WAKEFIELD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OSCAR I.

' STOWELL, OF LYNNFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

NOZZLE .FOR HOSE-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,131, dated .June 6,1882,

v Application led October 31, 1881. (No model.) 4

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS GoULD, of Wakefield, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Nozzles for Hose-Pipes, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description. t

The object .of this invention is to adapt a hose pipe or nozzle to bereadily and easily changed from-one size or form ofstream to anotherWithout necessarily requiring the arrest ofthe passage of the waterthrough the hose or hose-pipe.

To this end it consistsprincipallyin a division of the hose pipeornozzle at right angles l to its length into two parts, which together orfor a solid plug to stop or close such passage, tb be placed in it, andto be then swung into proper line with the passage through the otherpart of the nozzle or pipe. In addition to the above the hose pipe ornozzle is provided with a guard at its side to protect the person holdingand manipulating the hose-pipe against being spattered 'in makingchanges in the nozzle such as above described.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of ahose pipe or nozzle of my improved construction, with the Waterpassageof the two parts in line with eachother; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectionof Fig. l; Fig. 3, an elevation of the nozzle proper, the same as inFig. 1, except it is from a different side to that ot' Fig. 1; Fig. 4,an elevation of the nozzle proper, the saine as in Fig. 1but with thenozzle end-or part swung away from the other part ofthe hose pipe vornozzle; Figs. 5 and 6, plan views of Figs. 3 and 4, respectively; Fig.7, aview in detail, which will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, A represents a hose pipe or nozzle, adapted at its endB to be attached to a hose or pipe, as ordinarily. This pipe or nozzle,in and at right angles to its length, is 5o in two parts, the one, O,making vthe nozzle proper or discharge. The nozzle O has an earpiece, a,and at this earlpiece it is pivoted or swiveled through a pin, b, to anear-piece, c, of the pipe A, and both of these ear-pieces are 5 5 atright angles to the longitudinal axis of the pipe. The nozzle proper, C,is thus capable ot' being swung from the pipe, so as to place itswater-passa ge in or out of line with the waterpassage ofthe pipe A, andwhen swung out ot' 6o line to be put into a positiou'to expose itswater-passage for the insertion or removal of a thiinble, such as shownin Figs.2 and 7, shaped to change the form and size of the water-passageaccording to the size and style of the stream desired.

The thimble D shown is shouldered at its inner end, as at d, to hold itby its abutment against and interlock with the shoulder fat the innerend of the nozzle'proper against es- 7o cape from the nozzle under thepressureI of the water. Thimbles of various forms and styles obviouslymay be used.

The construction of the pipe as described enables the nozzle to beadapted to the kind of stream desired without necessarily arresting thepassage ofthe water through the hose and pipe.

g is a stop on the pipe A to arrest the swing ot' the nozzle at theproper point to place its 8o water-passage in line with thewater-passage ofthe pipe A.

E is a guard-plate projecting from one side of the pipe, and having itsface h in a parallel line with the plane of the junction of the twoparts of the pipe. This guard protects the manipulator of the hose-pipeagainst being spattered from the water in swinging the nozzle C, asdescribed.

k is a block hinged to the nozzle C, and pro- 9o jecting by its ange Zunder the guard E; and m, a lever hung to ear-pieces a ot' the nozzle G,and constructed and arranged at its end to -work against the block lc,and thus through such block enable the nozzle O to be held in 'closecontact with the face o ofthe guard as I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. The combination, with 'ahose pipe or nozzle A, of the swivcledlaterally-Swingin g nozzle 5 C, having an open unobstructedwater-passage adapted to receive a detachable thilnble, l), for changingthe form ot' thestreain, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a hose-pipe or noz- 'ro zle, A, provided with alaterally-projecting through it and adapted to strike the said stop whenits water-passage is in coincidence with the passage in the pipe ornozzle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A hose pipe or nozzle, A, and its part C z5 hung to it, iucombination with the lever on and block k, all substantially asdescribed, for the purposes specified.

5. A hose pipe or nozzle, A, and its part G hung to it and interiorlyshouldered, in com- 3o bination with an exteriorly-shouldered thimble,all substantially as and for the purpose specilied.

In testimony whereof I have here-unto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing wit- 3 5 nesses.

THOMAS GOULD. TWitnesses Oscura I. STOWELL, MARY E. S'roWnLL.

